The difference between Cloy and Surfeit

When used as verbs, cloy means to fill up or choke up, whereas surfeit means to fill to excess.


Surfeit is also noun with the meaning: an excessive amount of something.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cloy and Surfeit

  1. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To fill up or choke up; to stop up.

  2. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.

  3. Cloy as a verb (transitive):

    To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

  1. Surfeit as a noun (countable):

    An excessive amount of something.

    Examples:

    "A surfeit of wheat is driving down the price."

  2. Surfeit as a noun (uncountable):

    Overindulgence in either food or drink; overeating.

  3. Surfeit as a noun (countable):

    A sickness or condition caused by overindulgence.

    Examples:

    "King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys."

  4. Surfeit as a noun:

    Disgust caused by excess; satiety.

  1. Surfeit as a verb (transitive):

    To fill to excess.

  2. Surfeit as a verb (transitive):

    To feed someone to excess.

    Examples:

    "She surfeited her children on sweets."

  3. Surfeit as a verb (intransitive, reflexive):

    To overeat or feed to excess.

  4. Surfeit as a verb (intransitive, reflexive):

    To sicken from overindulgence.